Collective
Collective
Colectiv
Directed by:
Alexander NanauScreenplay:
Alexander NanauCinematography:
Alexander NanauComposer:
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27 people died and another 180 were taken to hospital following a fire in the Bucharest “Colectiv” nightclub. Many more, none of them life-threateningly ill, continued to die in the weeks that followed – not from their injuries, but from the effects of disinfectants and the corrupt tactics behind them. An unprecedented scandal, which is revealed only thanks to the openness of a doctor and the courageous investigative research of a sports newspaper. Only once a new, fully transparent Health Minister is employed to reform the ailing system, it becomes evident just how bad Romanian hospitals – and politicians – truly are. Filmmaker Alexander Nanau accompanies the remarkable elucidation of a non-accidental disaster and leads us through this breath-taking documentary thriller to the heart of the fight against the thick, murky swamp of corruption. (Zurich Film Festival)
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This is a precisely-aimed documentary hit to the solar-plexus, a hundred times denser and more interesting than the entire methanol affair after the first twenty minutes. What begins as a total mess in a Romanian hospital ends in absolute disillusionment with the local healthcare system in general, which is riddled, through the state apparatus, with corruption, fraud and lies. The film presents an ingenious observation by investigative journalists who, despite anonymous threats, go behind the scenes of the fairy tale about how socialist health care should heal people, but instead kills them. The film’s mood is nowhere near positive, but it is therefore all the more important that it exists.
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